Development Of Sport Policy Research Articles

Development of sport policy and practice recommendations for pregnant, postpartum and parenting Canadian high-performance athletes

Our objective is to describe the development of evidence-based policy and practice recommendations for pregnant, postpartum and parenting Canadian high-performance athletes. A community-based participatory research approach was employed as the...

The International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health Framework (ICF): a new approach to enhance sport and physical activity participation among people with disabilities in Scotland.

This research provides a pilot study of the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health Framework (ICF) involving persons with disabilities (PWD) with and without lived experience of sport participation in Scotland. National surveys in Scotland provide limited information on the nature of individual disability restricting the understanding of the relationship between disability and sport and physical activity participation. The ICF is a framework that aims to describe and classify functioning and thus can be used as a tool to provide a more detailed description of impairment for PWDs beyond their clinical condition. This knowledge has the potential to enhance the development of policies to increase the participation levels in this group. The ICF has also been used to inform the current IPC classification system at a competitive and elite level. As part of a larger study, 450 participants aged between 12 and 70 years completed an online questionnaire examining attitudes to, and participation in, sport and physical activity as well as completing the structural and functional components of the ICF. Subsequently, 18 people participated in focus groups aged between 13 and 61 years. The focus groups examined four meta-theme areas: physical, social, psychological, and sport-specific factors. The results confirm that the ICF provided a more detailed indicator of the key impairments that could have an impact on sport and physical activity participation. There was a clear lack of awareness of the links between the ICF and the classification system for competitive parasport. We concluded that a modified ICF-based assessment tool, incorporating social and environmental factors, has the potential to predict the likelihood of participation and offers a more comprehensive picture of both individual and national disability characteristics. This allows for the development of targeted policies and strategies to assist those with a disability to participate in sport. The overall framework presents a shift in thinking, in policy terms, for those in public health and in sport governance and delivery. The significance of this work is especially concerned with public health and wellbeing and sport development policy as pathways from recreational sport user to elite athlete parasport classification and performance.

Rights and wellbeing in sport policy and provision: a New Zealand case-study

ABSTRACT This article reviews ways in which leisure and sport provision have been seen as a social necessity or public good, or an element of a citizen's rights in a single democratic society. We present a case study of the development and implementation of sport policy in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ). We highlight the specificity of socio-political influences upon the emergence of state support for leisure development, and the creation of forms of access to leisure activity for the wider population. In the development of sport policy in innovative and sustained partnerships NZ has established a state-based approach to sport, with the wellbeing potential of sport integrated into cross-government thinking, planning and policy; this has prioritized the right to access sport for all sectors of the population, with recognition of significant wellbeing and health benefits for all.

Sport Coaching and Development Policy: A Case Study in Rock Climbing Sports

This study aims to provide an idea to the government that the importance of rock climbing should be developed in every city / district. With the aim of the government, it must be able to develop a rockclimbing sport because rock climbing has many benefits for those who do it. Rock climbing is a sport that develops due to the large number of enthusiasts only to improve physical condition, psychology or enthusiasts in achieving achievements, improving the physical condition that can be achieved in rock climbing such as increased strength, power, flexibility, balance and hand eye coordination. Psychological improvement is seen from the increase in self-confidence, motivation and concentration. In the current decade, Indonesian rockclimbing athletes have made an extraordinary history because they have been able to compete with other countries in every championship / event by getting gold medals, for this sport infrastructure does not require expensive equipment or extensive field because this sport is only need a climbing wall and climbing equipment that the price is still affordable. This research method uses literature review. The articles used in this literature review are articles obtained using 3 databases of Taylor and Francis, Google Scholar and Science Direct which support the research. It is hoped that this research can provide a clear picture for the government in making rock climbing development policies in every city / district

Stakeholder perspectives on promoting health enhancing sport through the Rwanda Sports Policy

ABSTRACT Sport is an adaptable channel for change. It has been widely used to enhance health and wellbeing, foster social cohesion, and engender peace and development in different societies. The government of Rwanda developed a Sports Development Policy (SDP) to advance sports within the spectrum of its development agendas. However, the extent to which health constructs are integrated and implemented within the tenets of this policy remain unexplored, despite their pivotal role in population wellbeing and in contributing to the country’s overarching development goals. This study sought to understand if and how the Rwanda SDP promotes sports for health from the stakeholders’ perspectives. In-depth semi structured interviews were used for thirteen purposively sampled stakeholders of the SDP. Thematic and narrative analysis were used to examine and report the findings. Themes highlighted a progressive awareness of the Sports Policy pertaining to health outcomes, less involvement of stakeholders in sport policy formulation which affected its implementation, disproportionate efforts between sports policies for health, competitive, and mass sports activities. Stakeholders further underscored cultural beliefs, attitudes, and contextual environmental factors as the key constraints to bridge the policy theory and practice of sports. Finally, findings emphasise the integral role stakeholders play in the life course of a policy. Further, the SDP does not primarily promote sports for health, but rather elite sports, on the premise that health benefits are automatically achieved through participation in sports activities. Thus, reinforcements are still needed to clearly define the national physical activity plan either through the SDP or other national physical activity guidelines.

Achievement Sports Development Policy by KONI Depok City during the Pandemic Period

This study aims to analyze the development of achievement sports during the COVID-19 pandemic in Depok City. The unit of analysis for this research is the coaching policy applied to the development of achievement sports by the Depok City Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research is qualitative descriptive research, and interviews and document study obtained data collection. The study results found that the Depok City KONI during the COVID-19 pandemic focused more on coaching athletes with a target of ranking in the top 10 in the West Java Province Regional Sports Week (Porda) in 2022. This study concludes that the policy of developing achievement sports for the Depok City KONI during the pandemic has been relatively good despite experiencing difficulties in dealing with several obstacles, such as decreased athlete motivation, hampered athlete development due to competition cancellations, restrictions on the use of sports infrastructure, and shifts in funding allocations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Systematic Review of the Development of Sport Policy Research (2000–2020)

Since the 1990s, sport policy research has gradually attracted increasing academic attention as a reflection of contemporary society at a particular time. This study adopted four types of theory proposed by Houlihan (2014) to analyze the research development of sport policy. It conducted a systematic review and yielded 100 policy articles related to elite sports, physical education, and sport for all. The scope of the research data was identified from 2000 to 2020 with collation from 24 international Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) journals, which specialized in policy and sport–related studies of social science to look forward to a comprehensive report. The four major findings were as follows: first, this study pointed to evidence that nearly half the research on the topic aimed at meso–level analyses of organizations; second, it demonstrated governance theory, the Sports Policy Factors Leading to International Sporting Success (SPLISS) model, the advocacy coalition Framework (ACF), and network-related theories played a pivotal role in focusing on policy backgrounds and dynamic relationships within organizations; third, it identified some studies highlighted in the policy texts themselves, or discourse about them, and, thereby, were grouped into the fifth type; finally, the paper suggested that attention has been brought to policy formation and implementation rather than policy evaluation, which has made a contribution to the development of their own operating mechanisms.

Analysis of community sports development based on the sports law for development through sports

This study aims to examine the implementation of community sports development policies in the context of the "development through sport" paradigm. National development through sports in accordance with the mandate of the Sports Law can be started through community sports which are the basis for the goals of developing the sport itself. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach. This research was conducted in West Java Province using a purposive sampling technique referring to the high sports achievements achieved at the National Sports Week, but it is still low in the sports development index. Interviews, documentation studies, and observations were carried out in the data collection process. To analyze the data collected, we devised seven indicators that are based on the essence of the sports law of the community sports section. The results of this study found that the implementation of the community sports development policy that was implemented was close to conformity with what was stated in the sports law. However, there are still inequalities in some aspects. This happens because there is still a lack of understanding from the government as policy makers, as well as the community as a group affected by the implementation of policies of the importance of sport as an instrument of national development. Therefore, sports policy makers must act immediately in providing solutions to evaluate policies that will be implemented in the future.

Sport policy in Finland

ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to provide a description and create an understanding of public sport policy, the key actors within the sports system, and the political sphere in Finnish sport. The development of sport policy in Finland has been characterised by a relatively long-lasting, polarised, and highly politicised sports sector and a series of structural reforms. The contemporary sports system in Finland represents a mixed model, in which the state has a strong role in directing sport policy (especially through resource steering), while the role of sports organisations is implementation. Further, municipalities play a central role in creating conditions for sport and physical activity, and all sport policy actors have high autonomy in their operations. In particular, the population’s increasing physical inactivity and lack of elite sport success in Finland have driven the central government to seek new solutions, such as centralisation, a cross-administrative approach, and evidence-informed policy-making practices. Sport policy is also impacted by international trends and agreements, such as sustainable development, in which Finland’s ambitious goals affect the sports sector. In the future, the unclear roles of different actors and a lack of leadership could cause further challenges to the adoption of effective sport policies.

Prediction of Sports Performance and Analysis of Influencing Factors Based on Machine Learning and Big Data Statistics

Performance prediction is one of the important contents of sports future development strategy research. This paper conducts research on sports performance prediction and influencing factor analysis based on machine learning and big data statistics. The purpose of forecasting research is to formulate short-term, medium-term, and long-term sports development planning and policy services for decision-makers of sports development. Advantages and disadvantages make sports workers consciously revise and realize their own sports future plans. First, the analysis of the influencing factors of sports performance is proposed, including the setting and scoring of sports examination items, research on standards, training methods for physical examination items, and physical examination learning. Second, the application of big data statistics based on machine learning algorithms is studied. Based on machine optimization algorithms, it summarizes the naive Bayesian classification algorithm and big data statistical classification algorithm. The theoretical idea of rough set algorithm and finally through the comparative analysis experiment based on big data statistics of male and female sports test scores and the comparison experiment of the accuracy of three algorithms to predict the results, it is concluded that the endurance quality of boys is better than that of girls, which indicates the quality of sustainable development. There is a certain gender gap, there are significant differences in the skills of male and female students, and the machine-optimized algorithm can predict sports performance with the highest accuracy among the three algorithms.

Pushing for change: a qualitative study of the experiences of elite athletes during pregnancy

ObjectivesAthletes train and compete at the elite level during their reproductive years, yet sport policies that support pregnant athletes are lacking. The experiences of elite athletes during pregnancy are vastly...

Urban sprawl and leisure time physical activity

ABSTRACT Although accumulating evidence has suggested that urban sprawl is associated with leisure-time physical activity (LTPA), the spatially heterogeneous urban sprawl effects on the LTPA type remain unexplored at the community level. Based on a social-ecological framework, this study empirically examines (a) how urban sprawl is associated with LTPA type and (b) the spatially heterogeneous associations between urban sprawl and LTPA types across 37 Florida counties. To achieve this purpose, geographic information system-based mapping and spatial regression analysis using geographically weighted regression were employed. The results indicated that urban sprawl could be positively or negatively associated with different LTPA types. Furthermore, the associations were spatially heterogeneous. Such findings allow community sport agencies to develop effective community-based sport development planning and policy.

The Physical Activity and Sport Participation Framework-A Policy Model Toward Being Physically Active Across the Lifespan.

The changing social and policy context in which sport is produced, delivered, and consumed is considered as a foundation for proposing a new integrated framework that incorporates participation in sport with participation in leisure-time physical activity (PA) more broadly. In order to position sport in the broader context of leisure-time PA, the concept of physical literacy is reviewed and integrated into the theoretical foundations of a new lifespan framework. It is argued that historically, sport policy largely focused on competitive club-based sport and elite performance and that in line with this, talent development pathway models were developed and implemented. However, with increasing physical inactivity globally, these models do not apply to the general population. This is why we propose a population-based “whole of sport ecosystem” lifespan model—the Physical Activity and Sport Participation (PASP) framework. We conclude that this framework may serve as a holistic policy and implementation guide for all in the sport ecosystem. This includes governmental PA and sport policy makers, sport governing bodies and clubs, and the ever-increasing range of private PA and sport providers and also health agencies. In recognition of the changing patterns of participation in PA and sport across the lifespan, the PASP framework can contribute to coordinated and integrated PA and sport policy development, which, in turn, can lead to strategies that tackle the global physical inactivity crisis.

State intervention in sport: a comparative analysis of regime types

ABSTRACT The historical use of sport for political purposes is well documented. Since the early twentieth century, many states have shaped their national sport policies to support broader domestic and foreign policy agendas. However, while sport policy scholars, in particular, have developed descriptive accounts of disparate approaches to sport policymaking, relatively little attention has been paid to identifying the factors that explain this variance. As a consequence, the variables that influence and constrain state choice when it comes to sport policy remain underspecified. This project addresses this deficit in the current literature by exploring how political regime type influences sport policy development. The analysis compares the recent sport policies of three countries which differ on the basis of regime type: an autocracy (Qatar), a partial democracy (Lebanon), and a full democracy (United Kingdom). While there is tentative evidence to support the widely held notion that states ‘use’ sport for similar purposes, this comparative survey reveals that the policy approaches and efficacy likely vary on the basis of regime type, and argues that this variable should be more explicitly considered in future sport policy research.

Sport participation settings: where and \u2018how\u2019 do Australians play sport?

BackgroundLeisure-time physical activity and sport participation trends are often reported, both in aggregate and by specific activity. Recently there has been a rise in overall leisure-time physical activity, but little change in the prevalence of organised sport. It is important that the development of sport policy, infrastructure and strategic developments meet the changing landscape of participation. However, there has been relatively little research into the settings in which people participate. The aim of this study is to investigate the settings of participation of children and adults in 12 major Australian sports.MethodsThis study utilised data about participation in sport and recreational physical activity collected in the AusPlay survey from a representative sample of adults and children in the Australian state of Victoria. For each type of physical activity, the settings of participation are identified. Respondents can report participation in a particular activity in more than one setting. Therefore we use the term “instance of participation” to refer to a person playing a particular sport in a particular setting. Participation and settings across 12 major sports were investigated for children and adults.ResultsFor children, the most popular sport was swimming with a weighted estimate of 323,565 (30.3%) instances of participation in the Victorian population, followed by Australian football (n = 180,459; 16.9%), and basketball (n = 137,169; 12.9%). For adults the most popular sports were swimming (n = 703,950; 30.9%) followed by golf (n = 274,729; 12.1%), and tennis (n = 260,814; 11.4%). There were considerable differences between the profiles of settings of participation for the 12 sports. Across the 12 sports, the majority of participation by children took place within a sports club or association setting, representing 63% of all instances of sport participation. For adults, sports clubs and associations was also the most popular setting, but it represented only 37% of instances of participation.ConclusionsTraditionally, community clubs and inter-club competitions provided the main setting for sport participation, but this is no longer the case, particularly for adults. If the community sport sector is to continue to flourish, it must consider new strategies and participation options more attractive to other segments of its potential market.

제주특별자치도 체육정책 개발을 위한 정책 제언

The purpose of this study is to suggest sport policy development in the areas of elite sport, sport for all, physical education, sport facilities, and sport industry in Jeju Special Self-Governing Province. Based on SWOT analysis of the fields, the results indicated the development of sport industry and improvement elite sport and sport for all(strengths), decline in the quality of elite sport and lacking sport facilities(weaknesses), increased investment in sport for all and sport facilities(opportunities), and the expansion of sport facilities in other cities and advancement of sport industry(threats). As a results, we provided six policy suggestions, such as expansion of public sports clubs in cooperation with elite sport, development of elite training system, offering integrative services using public sports facilities, building a school sports governance balancing between elite sport and sport for all, considering sport clusters and purposed sports facilities, and developing sport event tourism using local resources.

정책개발 방법론으로서 영국과 핀란드의 폴리시랩 (Policy Lab) 탐색: 스포츠정책에의 함의를 중심으로

정책개발 방법론으로서 영국과 핀란드의 폴리시랩 (Policy Lab) 탐색: 스포츠정책에의 함의를 중심으로

The development of sport policy in Montenegro

ABSTRACTThis paper provides an overview of the development of sport policy in Montenegro. The research methodology involves document analysis of normative and policy documents. The paper illuminates the structure, main stakeholders and constituents of the sport system. Despite the functional autonomy exercised by the sport movement in Montenegro, there is a strong concentration of public power, where government is the dominant actor deciding on the organisational structure, internal decision-making and funding. The paper concludes with key challenges that should be addressed when moving towards a contemporary system in which sport is recognised as an activity of public interest.

West Java Sports Development Policy Analysis (Research Conducted in the Field of Sports Culture)

This research is a qualitative research that aims to find out why sports policy in West Java is able to produce various awards. Seeing the extent of the assessment of sports policy in West Java in the Field of Early Childhood Sports Culture. The author tries to focus on policies in the field of sports acculturation, more specifically sports acculturation policies in the Karawang district. The method used in this study uses a qualitative method by carrying out several approaches to the study of literature, interviews and field studies in the field under study. The purpose of this qualitative research is to know the continuation of sports development after the leadership of the Governor and the head of West Java and the district in particular, and to find out the direction of West Java sports development policies specifically in the field of sports culture in Karawang district and new policies or evaluations of the policies that have been implemented .

West Java Sports Development Policy Analysis (Research Conducted in the Field of Sports Culture)

This research is a qualitative research that aims to find out why sports policy in West Java is able to produce various awards. Seeing the extent of the assessment of sports policy in West Java in the Field of Early Childhood Sports Culture. The author tries to focus on policies in the field of sports acculturation, more specifically sports acculturation policies in the Karawang district. The method used in this study uses a qualitative method by carrying out several approaches to the study of literature, interviews and field studies in the field under study. The purpose of this qualitative research is to know the continuation of sports development after the leadership of the Governor and the head of West Java and the district in particular, and to find out the direction of West Java sports development policies specifically in the field of sports culture in Karawang district and new policies or evaluations of the policies that have been implemented